Website Privacy Statement

Ridgefield School District websites will only collect personal information that you knowingly and voluntarily provide. Examples of this include: sending emails, completing information forms, registering for accounts or responding to surveys. If you provide us with personal information, we may use information provided to respond to your inquiry or request.

Some information is collected and stored automatically. We automatically gather and store the following information about your visit to our website in order to improve your experience with us online. The following is stored and used in aggregate form only:

• The IP address from which you access our website

• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet

• The type of browser and operating system used to access our website

• The date and time you access our site

• The pages, files, documents and links that you visit

• The Internet address of the website from which you linked to this website

Information collected is not used to contact you personally.

Cookies

We may use cookies in order to customize this site for return visitors. These cookies are not required for site functionality. Additionally, third-party widgets such as YouTube or Facebook may install cookies depending on their configuration. You are not required to accept any cookies to use this site. Site visitors can turn off cookies from their browser.

Google Analytics

We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.

Linking

Within RSD websites are widgets and other content links to non-RSD websites. These sites operate independently of RSD and have their own privacy policies. RSD is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of non-RSD websites, and such links are not intended to be an endorsement of the non-RSD website or its content. For your protection, you should review the privacy policy of the site you linked to from our website.

Comments

Questions and comments about this privacy policy may be directed to communications@ridgefieldsd.org.